Martha Wood

Family

Edmund WOOD (son of Edmund Wood Sr and Margret Heard) was born in 1578 in Shelf, Halifax Parish, York, England. He was christened in 1578 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1660 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA. He married Martha LUM LOME on 21 May 1611 in York, England.

Martha LUM LOME (daughter of William Lum and Agnes (Barstow) was born on 7 Jan 1581 in York, England. She was christened on 8 Jan 1580 in Sourbie, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. She died before 1635. She married Edmund WOOD on 21 May 1611 in York, England.

They had the following children:

• M i William WOOD 1 was christened on 18 Aug 1605 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
• F ii Mary WOOD 1 was christened on 3 Apr 1608 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
• F iii Martha WOOD m.1636/7 Thurston Raynor (1594-1667) Southampton, LI
• M iv Jonas Owram WOOD married Elizabeth Strickland
• F v Susan(Nah) WOOD
• M vi Edmund WOOD 1 was born in <1618> in <Shelff, Yorkshire, England>.
• M vii Jeremiah WOOD m. Elizabeth, prob daut of Richard Gildersleeve Sr. of Hempstead.
• M viii Timothy WOOD married a daughter of John Strickland.
• F ix Susan WOOD 1 was born in <1624> in <Halifax, , Eng>. m. abt 1640 Samuel Clark
• F x Mary WOOD 1 was born in <1629> in Hamlet Of Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, Eng..

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lome-2

Margaret "Martha" [uncertain] Wood formerly Lome aka Lum Born 7 Jan 1581 in West Riding, Yorkshire, , Englandmap Daughter of William Lum and Agnes (Barstow) Lum Wife of Edmund Wood Jr — married 21 May 1611 in Yorkshire, Englandmap Mother of Martha Wood, Jonas Wood Sr, Susannah Wood, Jeremiah Wood Sr. and Timothy Wood Died before Apr 1635 in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandmap

Martha Lum (7 Jan 1580/bef.17 Aug 1635) m.21 May 1611 in Yorkshire, England Edmund Wood (c1575-bef.7 Jul 1663) Edmund was from Oram, Yorkshire, and he was married and his children baptized in Halifax, Yorkshire, where he was church warden 1604-5. He sailed for America 23 May 1635 on the James, and arrived in Boston 17 Aug 1635, a widower with five children. He was an original settler of Springfield, MA, in 1636, Wethersfield in 1637, Stamford in 1641, and was a proprietor of Hempstead, Long Island, in 1647.

1. Martha Wood (bapt.8 Apr 1612) m.1636/7 Thurston Raynor (1594-1667) Southampton, LI 2. Jonas "Oram" Wood (bapt.18 Sep 1614-12 Jun 1689) m.1636 Elizabeth Strickland 3. Susannah Wood (bapt.23 Mar 1616-c1687) 4. Jeremiah Wood (6 Jan 1619/20-24 Dec 1686) m. Elizabeth Gildersleeve, Hempstead, LI 5. Timothy Wood (14 Jul 1622 -1659) of Huntington, LI, married a daughter of John Strickland.[1] The Lum family originated in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, at a place known as "Lumb" meaning, in Yorkshire dialect of West Riding, a small wood or grove. The name is variously spelled Lome, Lum, Lombe, Loom, etc. The family we trace is identified in the 1536 Tithe Rental of Halifax Parish as "The Heirs of John Lome near Lighthaselle in Sowerby." Lighthazles is in the south of Sowerby near Soyland.[2]

William Lome (bap.18 Dec 1552-1592) m.7 Nov 1580 Agnes Bairstow (bap.5 Feb 1557/8) daughter of Richard Bayrstow of Shibden. William lived in Lighthazles, Sowerby, made his will 2 May 1591, and it was proved 16 Nov 1592.

1. Abraham Lum (bap.6 Aug 1581) 2. Matthew Lum (bap.22 Sep 1583) . . . 21. John Lum (bap.15 Jun 1615-aft.1689) married a daughter of John Strickland. 3. Grace Lum (bap.8 Aug 1585) died young 4. William Lum (c.1587-1615) 5. John Lum (c.1589). 6. Martha Lum (7 Jan 1580/1-bef.1635) m.21 May 1611 Edmund Wood (c1575-bef.7 Jul 1663) Birth

Birth BEF 7 JAN 1581 Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death

Death BEF APR 1635 Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Sources

• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v.120, p.142, July 1989
• Wood, Matthew. "English Origins of the Mitchell, Wood, Lum and Halstead Families" The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (NYGBR) Vol. 120, Number 1, January 1989, p. 9 lists children of Wood & Lum. (copy in the files of Cheryl Skordahl
• Wood, Matthew. "III The Origin of Martha Lome, wife of Edmund Wood"' The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (Continued from the Record 120:101.)
• http://jliptrap.us/gen/lum.htm
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v.120, p.142, July 1989
• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26914960&pid...
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 28 2017, 9:22:56 UTC